[LAU] seeking "fresh" way to process/shape human whisper in real-time

[Philipp Überbacher]

Excerpts from david's message of 2010-12-23 07:08:24 +0100:
> Philipp Überbacher wrote:
> > Excerpts from ico's message of 2010-12-22 20:37:23 +0100:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I've been battling a kind of a dsp-writer's-block as of late. Namely, I am
> >> dealing with a project where (at least as of right now) I would like to explore
> >> human whisper and its percussive/rhythmic power. This would take place in an
> >> ensemble of "voices." I am also looking to combine whisper with some sort of
> >> DSP. Obviously vocoder comes as one of the obvious choices but it sounds IMHO
> >> cliche and as a result I would like to avoid it as much as possible (unless I
> >> can somehow come up with a cool spin on it which I haven't yet). I also tried
> >> amp mod, additive, filtering, etc., but none of these struck me as something
> >> interesting. I do think delays will be fine in terms of "punctuating" the
> >> overall pattern but I think this should take place at the end of the DSP chain.
> >> Granular synthesis is also a consideration but I've done so much of it over the
> >> past years I am hoping to do something different.
> >>
> >> So, as of right now I have:
> >>
> >> 1) whisper
> >> 2) ???
> >> 3) delays
> >> 4) profit! :-)
> >>
> >> Given the mental constipation I have been battling particularly over the past
> >> couple of days, I wanted to turn to you my fellow LA* enthusiasts for some
> >> thoughts/ideas/inspiration. Your help would be most appreciated and I will
> >> gladly credit your ideas in the final piece.
> >>
> >> Many thanks!
>  >
> > For me the obvious thing to do would be something spatial. Imagine
> > whispering all around you, different voices, moving, saying strange
> > things.
> > Quite cliche too, but I imagine it could also be a lot of fun.
> 
> That would be very interesting using ambisonics. Would make a neat 
> soundtrack for a mysterious magical ritual or such.

Yes, that would be the cliche, but imagine them whispering funny stuff
'pancakes, give me pancakes', 'mumbo jumbo mumbo jumbo', 'and then he
said I wasn't pretty enough', 'a man and a doctor sit on a chair', ...